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REMAKING DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA IBD

THE ARMCHAIR ADVENTURER
10 / 2018
9781941071793
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Sinopsis

Many Americans are deeply dissatisfied with the political sphere and the state of theirácountry, baffled that Donald Trump was elected and that he continues to voice opinions and ideasáthatáreflect ignoble principles. This book posits that democracy is defined by howáwell a governmentáoperationalizes the will of the people without impinging on any minority.áWhat that willáis can beáexpressed at the ballot box and can result in the people supporting an undemocratic outcome. However,ápolitics in the USA are overshadowed by the Supreme Court&rsquo,s equation of spending money with speecháand recognition of corporations possessing the right to exercise the civil liberties previously reservedásolely for human citizens. What is missing in Americanádemocracy is participation by citizens in the publicásphere. If political change leading to greater equality of opportunity is goingáto occur depends on whetheráAmericans recognizeáthat as a needed, worthy goal and begin to act in ways to see it realized.